Glove-fastener



(No Model.)

M. D. SHIPMAN. GLOVE PASTENER.

No. 487,254. I Patented S ept 30. 1890;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MADISON D. SHIPMAN, OF DE KALB, ILLINOIS.

GLOVE-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 437,254, datedSeptember 30, 1890.

Application filed January 22, 1889. Serial No. 297,157. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MADISON D. SHIPMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at De Kalb, in the county of De Kalb and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gloves or Mittens,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements ,in gloves or mittens, and by meansof which the wristlet portions of the same can at will be readilycontracted about the wrists of the wearer or be expanded to facilitateremoval; and it consists in the combination, with the glove or mitten,of the devices and elements hereinafter described, and set forth in theclaim.

The objects of this invention are to provide a simple and inexpensivemeans by which the wearer can at will contract the wristlet portions ofthe gloves or mittens about his wrists and loosen the same to facilitatetheir removal. I attain these objects by the means illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 represents awristlet portion of the mitten or glove with myimproved device in its simplest form combined therewith and illustratesthe same beforethe wristlet portion of the glove or mitten iscontracted. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same, with the deviceoperating to hold the wristlet portion contracted, and showing a pull 12Fig. 3 is a perspective view and illustrating another modification ofsaid loop.

The same letters of reference refer to like parts throughout the severalviews.

A is a portion of the wristlet of a glove or mitten. a is one sidethereof, and a is the opposite side.

Bis the contracting-cord, which has one end I) secured at one side ofthe wristlet, as at side a, in any suitable manner, as by means of aknot made with the end I) of the cord, so as to prevent its being drawnthrough the eyelet c, secured with side a; or the end Z) of thiscontracting-cord can be stitched or otherwise secured to the sideportion a, as .may be desired.

D is a suitable runway or orifice, made in the side portion a of thewristlet and through which the contracting-cord B can be freely run.This runway can be protected by means of an eyelet secured to thematerial, as shown. lVhen the wristlet is made of strong materialsuch asleatherthe eyelet may be omitted, and perforations through the leatherfor receiving the cord can be employed.

The contracting-cord B is carried from its end I), secured to the side aof the wristlet, over and across the outside of the wristlet, and isthen passed through the runway D and turned back on itself, when it islooped with the body of the said cord, as illustrated in the severalfigures, by means of loop D, made integral with the body of the cord bymeans of suitable knot, as knot 11, Figs. 1 and 2, for holding the saidloop D in normal condition. From this loop D is extended a portion I) ofthe cord, which is provided,preferably, with knot b which serves as aconvenience for grasping and holding the said contracting-cord when itis to be operated. The loop can be produced integral with the cord andwithout the employment of the knot 6 (shown in Fig. 1) by means of ametallic clamping-band d, or by binding with thread or otherwisesecuring the limbs of the loop D from spreading, as shown in Fig. 3. Theopen ingD surrounds theportion B of the contracting-cord B, and when thewristlet is expanded this running loop or opening D will be near theside a. of thewristlet and at the runway or perforation D, as shown inFigs. 1 and 3. After the glove or mitten has been drawn on the hand ofthe wearer he will grasp the knot b or the free end b ,and,pulling onthe same in direction of arrow in Fig. 1,will draw the portion B of thecontracting-cord through the runway or perforation D and the loop D tosituation shown in Fig. 2, or to a distance on B, as the size of thewrist of the wearer will permit, when the cord B will have its loop endheld by loop D from being drawn back, while the length of the holdingportion of the contracting-cord between the sides a and a will belessened so as to hold the wristlet gathered or contracted about thewrist of the wearer, and the loop D will be held in place by the pinchbetween the material of the wristlet and the portion of the cord whichthis loop surrounds and the friction through out the doubled portion ofsaid cord. By pulling on the knot 11 or end 19 of this contracting-cordin the direction of arrow in Fig- 2 the loop will he carried away fromside portion a toward the runway D of the side portion a, when the\vristlet can be opened out or expanded for the removal of the glove ormitten.

A metallic piece secured to the end of the pulling portion 1) of thecord and operating as an enlargement can be substituted for knot D.

By my above-described improvements a simple and inexpensive means isprovided by which the wearer can readily, without the assistance ofothers, contract the Wristlet of a mitten or glove around his wrists andat will loosen the same for removal.

Havingdescribed my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

In combination with a glove, a cord B attached at one side of the wristand extending across to an eyelet or openingin the opposite side,passing through the same, and a loop encircling the cord B intermediatethe point of attachment and the eyelet or opening, said loop beingformed integral with the free end of said cord, substantially asdescribed.

MADISON D. SHIPMAN. \Vitnesses:

CHARLES II. SALISBURY, JOHN F. BERGQVIST.

